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Mayor, 1913 - 1914; 1919 - 1922
Fred Barnes was born in
Verte, New Brunswick on June 17,1858. As a youth, he went up the Nile with General Gordon
on the Sudanese Expedition, a member of the Canadian Voyageurs.
Barnes came to the Okanagan in 1883, to Enderby in 1806. In 1904 he was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1904 by Sir Richard McBrice. He was on the second City Council of Enderby and the first of Vernon. Barnes was mayor of Enderby from 1913-1914 and 1919-1921, and later wason the council again.
In World War I Barnes was involved in the training of young man to go into war. On October 17, 1906 Barnes turned in a resignation from council; he wanted to resign so he could oversee the installation of the water system. Barnes was a contractor and builder; he built the second bridge crossing the Spallumcheen River.
He was made "Freeman of the City", by Enderby City Council. At the age of 88 he built his own house, which he lived in until August 11, 1957, when he passed away.
Shawn Fennell, Kingsley Knust, Jason Danbrook
ALF School, 1990